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1966 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1966 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.851Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–01.0001+32Beat Duke 64–0
200.968Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI9–01.0001+34Beat Penn State 21–0
301.074Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B109–01.0001+33Beat Indiana 37–19
421.082Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–20.75025+28Beat Tennessee 14–7
5-11.195Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC8–01.0001+24Beat South Carolina 24–0
6-11.211USCPAC7–10.87512+28BYE
701.367Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI7–10.87512+21Beat Kentucky 56–18
811.376Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B89–01.0001+23Beat Oklahoma State 21–6
941.389Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC8–10.8896+27Beat Dayton 38–6
1001.393Florida (FLORIDA)SEC8–10.8896+25Beat Tulane 31–10
11-31.411UCLAPAC8–10.8896+25Beat Stanford 10–0
1231.422Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC8–10.8896+21Beat UTEP 31–7
13-11.441Purdue (PURDUE)B107–20.77818+27Beat Minnesota 16–0
1431.442Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–10.8896+22Beat SMU 22–0
15-41.491Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC8–10.8896+26Beat Auburn 21–13
1681.617BYUIND WAC7–10.87512+19Beat Utah 35–13
1721.652Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+18Beat William & Mary 20–18
1871.708Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–20.77818+19Beat Florida State 37–21
19-11.723Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY7–10.87512+14Beat Brown 24–7
20141.839Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75025+18Beat West Texas A&M 35–26
21-11.846SMUIND SWC6–20.75025+18Lost to Arkansas 0–22
2291.880Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY6–20.75025+17Beat Yale 13–7
23131.884Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–20.75025+14Beat Cornell 32–23
24-11.915Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–20.77818+18Beat California 6–3
2511.964Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–2–10.68833+15Beat Pittsburgh 38–14
26-121.970Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY6–20.75025+16Lost to Dartmouth 23–32
27-111.970Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI7–20.77818+17Lost to Miami (OH) 6–38
2842.002North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC7–20.77818+20Beat Wichita State 30–13
29-12.033Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–30.62537+16Beat Montana State 13–10
3002.071Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+6Beat Lafayette 20–9
31-42.285Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–30.62537+11Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
32112.298Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–3–10.61145+11Beat Oklahoma 10–7
3382.300Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–30.62537+14Beat Maryland 14–10
34-122.326Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–20.77818+10Lost to Xavier 6–21
3532.335New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI7–20.77818+4Beat New Mexico 47–12
36-152.353Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI5–20.71431+9Lost to Wake Forest 7–21
3752.355Colorado (COLORADO)IND B86–30.66734+11Beat Kansas 35–18
38-92.375Utah (UTAH)IND WAC5–20.71431+11Lost to BYU 13–35
39-42.392Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61145+11Lost to Florida 10–31
4052.432Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–30.62537+11Beat Ohio 28–0
41-82.498West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI6–30.66734+8Lost to Colorado State 26–35
42-52.552Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62537+6Lost to Missouri 7–10
43-42.803Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50052+6Lost to Syracuse 21–37
44-42.824Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–40.55649+7Lost to Oregon State 13–24
45102.825Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–30.66734+7Beat Washington 24–13
4642.900Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–40.55649+4Beat Northwestern 28–20
4722.902Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55649+4Beat TCU 13–3
48-42.917Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44465+8Lost to Georgia Tech 0–21
49-33.036UTEPIND FBSI4–40.50052+2Lost to Wyoming 7–31
50173.038Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–3–10.56347+2Beat Rutgers 24–12
51133.048Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–40.50052+4Beat Texas Tech 29–14
5203.071Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–4–10.50052+4Beat Rice 7–6
53-63.139Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–30.62537-2Lost to Holy Cross 12–24
5493.352Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–30.62537-3Beat NC State 7–6
55113.371LSUSEC4–4–10.50052+1Beat Mississippi State 17–7
56-83.400Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–50.44465+2Lost to Bowling Green 0–28
57123.406Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–50.444650Beat Wisconsin 49–14
58-73.457Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–50.444650Lost to UCLA 0–10
59-63.588Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC4–40.50052-4Lost to Clemson 10–14
60123.607Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–30.62537-7Beat Boston College 19–0
61-23.611William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–4–10.50052-1Lost to Virginia Tech 18–20
62-83.614Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–40.50052-5Lost to Princeton 7–13
63-63.687Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–4–10.50052-3Lost to Purdue 0–16
64183.711Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI4–40.50052+5Beat Buffalo 27–8
6553.730Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC3–50.37580-1Beat Oregon 14–10
6683.766Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI4–50.44465-4Beat North Carolina 20–14
6743.821Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–50.44465-5Beat Vanderbilt 30–14
6893.865Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–40.50052-6Beat Iowa 14–10
69-73.877Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–50.44465-3Lost to Georgia 13–21
70-103.915NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–50.44465-5Lost to Southern Miss 6–7
71-63.954Duke (DUKE)ACC4–50.44465-2Lost to Notre Dame 0–64
72-163.984George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON4–50.44465-4Lost to West Virginia 6–21
73153.991Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–50.44465-7Beat Western Michigan 21–6
74-164.031Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI4–50.44465-1Lost to Tampa 8–27
75-74.102Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–5–10.38979-2Lost to Houston 18–56
7674.167East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–3–10.56347+6Beat Richmond 28–16
77-164.195Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC4–40.50052-11Lost to Cincinnati 3–17
7804.333Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–5–10.31393-3Lost to Nebraska 6–21
79174.457Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–50.37580-10Beat Louisville 17–3
80134.550Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–60.25099-6Beat San José State 27–7
81-24.692California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–60.33384-10Lost to Army 3–6
82-64.720Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–50.37580-10Lost to Villanova 0–19
83164.839West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–4–20.44465-11Beat George Washington 21–6
84-94.909Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–40.50052-9Lost to Wofford 28–40
85-124.936Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–60.33384-17Lost to Marshall 7–16
86-64.954Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–70.222105-9Lost to LSU 7–17
8724.986TCUIND SWC2–60.25099-11Lost to Texas 3–13
88-75.119Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–60.33384-15Lost to Arizona State 10–14
89135.120Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–4–20.37580-10Beat Kansas State 30–13
90-55.138Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–60.33384-13Lost to Arizona 18–28
91-75.139Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–6–10.27894-8Lost to Michigan 20–28
92135.168Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–60.33384-16Beat Memphis 21–7
9345.241Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–6–10.27894-14Tied Quantico Marines 14–14
9415.264Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–60.25099-12BYE
95-85.274North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–60.25099-11Lost to Air Force 14–20
96-105.294Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI4–50.44465-14Lost to Fresno State 14–16
97-55.391Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–6–10.27894-12Lost to Illinois 14–49
98-75.470Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC3–60.33384-19Lost to Baylor 14–29
99-95.731San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI3–60.33384-12Lost to Utah State 7–27
100-65.754Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–70.125112-12Lost to Navy 14–30
10195.786Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–60.25099-15Beat Washington State 28–18
102-45.812Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–70.125112-17Lost to Texas A&M 6–7
103-25.930Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–6–10.27894-15Lost to Colorado 18–35
10455.938Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–70.125112-13Beat Pennsylvania 22–14
105-16.148New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–70.222105-16Lost to New Mexico State 12–47
10696.219Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–60.33384-23Beat Virginia Military Institute 30–14
10776.223Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–60.33384-21Beat Montana 40–6
10806.409South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–80.111117-20Lost to Alabama 0–24
109-96.509Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–60.25099-15Lost to Columbia 14–22
110-46.579Iowa (IOWA)B102–70.222105-22Lost to Ohio State 10–14
11106.641Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–70.125112-18Lost to Harvard 7–24
112-96.656Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–70.222105-23Lost to Citadel 14–30
11336.686Indiana (INDIANA)B101–7–10.167111-21Lost to Michigan State 19–37
114-26.687Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–80.111117-20Lost to Miami 14–38
115-86.822Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–70.222105-25Lost to East Carolina 16–28
11637.094Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC2–70.222105-13Beat Kent State 16–7
11707.277Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–70.125112-7Lost to North Texas 13–30
118-57.521Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–6–10.27894-15Lost to Samford 7–17
119-18.218Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–8–10.056119-27Lost to Iowa State 13–30

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